All across the country mission groups are changing their communities, binding up the wounds of despair and poverty, and bringing new life into the ministry of the church. With a dual commitment to pray and to act, these mission groups are living out Christ's two great commandments to love God with total devotion and one's neighbor as one's self. The results of this new "love" life-style have brought a surge of renewal to congregations and have turned pew sitters Into active disciples reaching out to meet a need. Here are some of the stories and experiences of these mission groups. Each one is an exciting challenge for the church seeking to revi-talize its ministry. Most Important is the emphasis Jan Linn places on the need for Christian disciples to be both "hearers" and "doers" of the Word. You cannot read this book without becoming excited by the possibilities that are accomplished when the lay ministries now lying dormant in the church are awakened by a new commitment to live out the love com mandments as Jesus Christended.